Social support deficit and depression treatment outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Findings from the EsDEPACS study.
Ju-Wan KimHee-Ju KangKyung-Yeol BaeSung-Wan KimIl-Seon ShinJin-Sang YoonYoung Joon HongYoungkeun AhnMyung Ho JeongJae-Min KimPublished in: International journal of psychiatry in medicine (2018)
Evaluation of social support deficit in depressed acute coronary syndrome is important, and particularly during the acute phase, depressed acute coronary syndrome patients with social support deficit should be treated more carefully to improve treatment outcomes, given that social support deficit was predictive of poorer depressive and cardiac outcomes during the 24-week treatment period. Acute coronary syndrome patients with social support deficit should be treated more carefully to improve treatment outcomes.
Keyphrases
- social support
- acute coronary syndrome
- depressive symptoms
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- left ventricular
- sleep quality
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- skeletal muscle
- coronary artery disease
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- newly diagnosed
- combination therapy
- stress induced